medical marijuana
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein: “From a legal and scientific perspective, marijuana is an unlawful drug.”
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein appeared before the Senate Appropriations committee to discuss the Justice Department’s budget, and was faced with questions on law enforcement, the investigation into Russia’s influence on the 2016 election and a question on the DOJ stance on marijuana.
What is going on with the Arkansas Medical Marijuana Roll Out?
Amendment 98 (also known as The Arkansas Medical Marijuana Amendment, received 53.11% of the popular vote during the November general election. The amendment will allow doctors to recommend the cannabis for patients suffering from specific medical conditions. Arkansas was definitely one of the closer races, as voters supported the amendment in 38 counties and opposed […]
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Riverside, California has spent ten years shutting down all of its dispensaries
Riverside, California has been working to eradicate medical marijuana dispensaries since banning them in 2007, and they have apparently now succeeded.
What Is Medical Marijuana Used For
Over the years, organic foods and natural medicine has become popular approach to a healthy lifestyle along with using herbal therapies to relieve everything from chronic pain to depression. Alternative therapies such as: herbs, aromatherapy, chiropractic, acupuncture, and many more natural treatments are now common replacements to the traditional doctor visit. And another form of […]
These 6 groups help vets get access to medical marijuana
There—s increasing demand among U.S. military veterans for safe access to legal marijuana for the treatment of their physical and mental ailments.
IRS trawling state-run pot database to block Colorado marijuana companies from claiming tax deductions
The industry says the IRS is conducting an unauthorized criminal investigation using seed-to-sale database and overreaching its authority.
Largest, most rigorous test to date confirms CBD oil helps some kids with epilepsy
A new, rigorous medical study found that cannabidiol or CBD oil, a form of medical marijuana, cut seizures in kids with a severe form of epilepsy.
NFLPA expects to give up something in negotiating changes to marijuana policy
The NFL Players Association has been down this road before.
“Father of cannabis research” touts medicinal potential of CBD at Pueblo conference
PUEBLO — If the United States stopped viewing CBD as an illegal substance, it would unlock the marijuana compound’s immense potential as medicine, the “father of cannabis research” said Saturday.
Study: National medical marijuana laws would save lives — and a billion taxpayer dollars
A fascinating study in Health Affairs last year by a father-daughter pair of public policy researchers found that Medicare prescriptions for things like painkillers, antidepressants and anti-anxiety medications dropped sharply in states that introduced a medical marijuana program.